Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk knows that his side are in a better position to challenge for the title.

Van Dijk has been instrumental in helping the Reds keep a good clean sheet record, which has pushed them to within a couple points of Manchester City.

But he does not want to speak too much about their title chances so early in the season.

"We are winning games so we are doing pretty well and have made a better start than last season," Van Dijk said after his side beat Fulham 2-0.

"We have to keep building on it, improve things. It is a good sign we are still improving but still doing well. We are trying to keep working.

"Can we catch City? That is something we still need to see. They are the champions and the best team in the league but we will try everything to be as good as we can. We don't have to look at others, we want to look at the games we have and the next challenge we have as Liverpool is Watford away, which is going to be tough

"For us the challenge is to win or try to win every game that is ahead of us. The season is very long. They are not going to win every game 5-0 and are going to have tough games like everyone else. We need to look at what we have ahead of us and that is more important than looking at someone else. It is the only way forward."